There are better options out there in Boston
Pros
- Most of the people in Boston are friendly and fun to work with - Small environment: it feels like a startup with the resources of a larger company - Great location: close to South Station in an up and coming area of Seaport/South Boston
Cons
- highly micromanaging environment - no equity; some higher level engineers receive equity - culture tends to be very fear based and immature: they are not open with information, I have never once heard from the CEO. In Boston they are especially trying to force the culture with HR from HQ in town regularly. Culture emphasizes hours in the office/face time over actual performance. There have been comments and a general attitude that employees in Boston don't work that much (which is not accurate). - Can sometimes feel tense between Boston and HQ - (Somewhat) recently acquired by a non tech company - no dogs in the office (even though we're a company in the pet industry. and I believe it lists that as perks on the website) - highly inexperienced leaders. Many leaders grew into management jobs by simply sticking with the company during expansion. - It seems very difficult to grow the Boston office with engineers which is concerning. A fraction of the office space is being used. - Odd romantic relationships between employees and superiors Overall, if you are experienced enough to work for a tech company in Boston, you have many other better choices. Particularly engineers.
